Conan O'Brien Congratulates Stephen Colbert On Late Show Gig

After David Letterman announced his retirement from the renowned The Late Show, many comedians were rumoured to replace him.

But it's now been revealed that Stephen Colbert will take over from the legendary chat show host.

Letterman, who will be leaving the show in 2015 after 33 years in the job, said he was pleased with his replacement.

Funnyman Conan O'Brien has also congratulated the comedian on his appointment.

Speak to The AP, he said: "I'm very happy where I am, but I love Stephen. I think Stephen is great. I'm a huge fan of his as a comic and as a human being... I'm really glad he got the job".

O'Brien, who denies ever being in the running for the CBS show, will be hosting the MTV Movie Awards tonight.

15 Best MTV Movie Awards Moment Since 2001

2001: It was girl power galore when Pink, Christina Aguilera, Mya and Lil’ Kim hit the stage in 2001 for a super sexy rendition of Lady Marmalade. Ooh la la.

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2002: With perhaps the most random co-hosts ever (yup, even more random than Anne Hathaway and James Franco presenting the 2011 Oscars), Sarah Michelle Gellar and Jack Black made a song and dance out of their hosting duties. Literally.

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2002: Hilary Swank announced the winner for Best New Filmmaker in the most low-key way possible – by writing it on her washboard abs. Hey, for the MTV Movie Awards that’s pretty low-key! Christopher Nolan was the lucky winner.

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2003: After coming on-stage in a superhero outfit, host Seann William Scott stripped down to his underwear, which just happened to feature co-host Justin Timberlake. Talk about a crotch-shot.

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2004: Ellen Degeneres, who hosted this year’s Oscars, had one of her first award presenting gigs at the MTV Movie Awards 2004, where she dressed up as Spider-Man alongside Kristen Dunst to present the award for Best Movie.

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2005: Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling accepted their award for Best Kiss by re-enacting their epic snog session from The Notebook, with Rachel jumping into her then-boyfriend's arms as celebs including Lindsay Lohan and Hilary Duff looked on.

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2006: We thought we were going 'Crazy' when Gnarls Barkley turned up on stage in full Star Wars get-up, complete with Stormtroopers playing guitars and Chewbacca on drums. May the MTV Movie Awards be with you!

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2007: After accepting their award for Best Kiss, Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell were determined to continue the tonsil tennis on-stage. Sacha leaned in and before anyone knew what was going on, the two were making out on the floor.

2009: In one of the most historic MTV Movie Awards moments of all time, Sacha Baron Cohen landed ass-first on Eminem after a flying stunt went wrong. Although Eminem stormed out after the incident, he later admitted he was in on it the whole time.

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2010: Sandra Bullock won the prestigious Generation Award, but the actress was clearly much more interested in Best Kiss, pulling presenter Scarlett Johansson in for a quick smooch as she accepted her golden bucket of popcorn.

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2010: Reprising his chubby, balding character from Tropic Thunder, Tom Cruise rocked the house with some sick moves, dancing along to Lucacris’ Get Back. And just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, J-Lo turned up for a dance-off. Epic.

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2011: Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis proved they were breast friends – we mean, best friends – when they demonstrated their platonic relationship by feeling each up other on stage. As you do.

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2012: If we learned one lesson in 2012 it was 'Don’t mess with Charlize Theron!' The Snow White and the Huntsman actress gave co-presenter Michael Fassbender a good kicking when he told her he wanted to present the award for Best Fight by himself. Ouchy.

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2013: It’s not an MTV Movie Awards show if there isn’t some nudity! Seth Rogan & Danny McBride took one for the team by dropping trou while presenting Taylor Lautner with the award for Best Shirtless Performance. Tragically, Zac Efron's stayed on.

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